The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The old beard who swept the floor was arrested by Chen Ruijin as soon as he entered the magistrate's yamen. The old man's face was ashen.It was thrown to the people below for interrogation, and the third grandma went back to Su's guest house by herself.Jia Cong came out of the room to welcome her, took her by the hand and said, "Can we do this kind of job of tracking non-great god-level suspects for them? Dinner is just a few pieces of snacks. Dinner is a very important meal." , It should be eaten raw." Chen Ruijin was about to answer, but when he looked up, it was obvious that he had something to say, so he waited.After holding back for a while, Jia Cong finally said, "You are no longer a guard, okay?"

Chen Ruijin thought about it for a while: "It's not impossible. It's a bad thing today, so I went." Nai ordered Ling Dang to go to the kitchen to get some porridge, and told him about his inexplicable feeling just now at the gate of Changfeng Building.

Jia Cong thought about it for a long time, then clapped his hands and said: "There is a ground snake in front of me! Just ask Uncle Yang if he is okay?"

At that moment, Ling Dang brought the food box, and Jia Cong accompanied Chen Ruijin to have some supper, and the two went to see Lao Hutou together.The guards resorted to many methods, but none of them came out with a word.Jia Cong looked at this man's resolute and sarcastic eyes, knowing that the people behind him had washed his brains, and even threats and temptations would be useless.Then he remembered a way of interrogating spies in later generations, and whispered to Chen Ruijin.Chen Ruijin said: "If you can't find out tomorrow, let's use this method." Jia Cong said "Yes".

Early the next morning, Jia Cong and his wife went straight to Uncle Yang's house.When I got there and asked, the old man went to work in the field.Then he followed his grandson to the field.Looking up, it suddenly became clear.The ground is like a brocade of fresh green, with farmers wearing bamboo hats dotted among them. There are large clusters of red, yellow, blue and purple wild flowers blooming in the fields, and the distant mountains are blue and black.There is also a clear and shallow pond, where more than a dozen big white geese mixed with the duck flock, chattering and chattering.Jia Cong became interested, and sang a song he learned in kindergarten in his previous life, "Our Field".Fortunately, he has a good memory, and he didn't forget a single word of the five lyrics.

After singing a song, he asked Chen Ruijin with a smile, "How is the singing?"

Chen Ruijin wondered: "You have sung so many ditties, and this one is the only one that sounds good!"

Jia Cong was stunned for two seconds, then laughed and said, "So you don't like to listen to popular tunes. I have many such tunes, and I will sing them to you slowly when I go back."

While talking, Uncle Yang has come over.Rolling up his trousers, taking off his bamboo hat and holding it in his hand, he looks like an old farmer.Jia Cong smiled and went forward to make a bow, saying, "You know this all the time!"

Yang Erbo said: "At such an old age, everyone should be able to know it." He led them to walk on the ridge.

Jia Cong then inquired about Changfeng Tower, and said, "I heard that the owner is a pimp for the killer."

"The Changfeng building in the Shengjin Pagoda? The magistrate doesn't even know about that?" Uncle Yang said, "In the early years, Xu Hong, the general soldier, died for about two or three years, and that building existed. The original area was also a restaurant, and the new one The owner demolished the earlier restaurant and rebuilt it, and renamed it Changfeng Pavilion."

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Isn't it a building?"

"'Ge' has been around for a long time. Six years ago, it changed its owner and changed its name to 'Lou'."

"Huh? Why?"

"First, the owner got old and sold the restaurant back to his hometown for retirement." Yang Erbo said, "Although the name has been changed, it is still a business envoy for the people of the Green Forest. Like a market, there are all kinds of businesses, and There are all kinds of code words. If someone doesn’t know it, the guys in the restaurant will teach them. It’s natural to be a middleman or a pimp, and they also help the two parties bargain.”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Wait...you mean, six years ago when the former owner got old, he sold the restaurant to the current owner, whose surname is Lu, right?"

"Correct."

"What is the relationship between this old man surnamed Lu and the owner in front?"

"It doesn't matter, sell one and buy the other."

"Even the signboard is just a symbolic change from 'Ge' to 'Building'? Has the staff in the building been changed? Has the decoration been re-arranged?"

Uncle Yang thought for a while: "It's just that I changed some new curtains and curtains, and it didn't make a big difference. The guy surnamed Lu bought the restaurant for the purpose of buying the green forest business, so he naturally took over."

Chen Ruijin immediately said: "This may not be a business, maybe there is another owner behind it, and another person in charge."

"That's right!" Jia Cong said, "Both the old owner in the past and the old man Lu are just shopkeepers. This can explain that the prisoner surnamed Lu went to fight at the gate of the magistrate's yamen yesterday. No businessman would be so provocative. The government office. No matter how good-tempered Mr. Su is, he is the official of one of the parents. The boss behind him ordered old man Lu and that dwarf to step on the face of the magistrate at the gate of the yamen for other purposes. Uncle Yang, have you heard about what happened yesterday."

"I heard about it." Yang Erbo said, "I also looked at it strangely. Could it be that the prefect of Su wanted to run their restaurant, and they were upset and went to demonstrate?"

"No!" Jia Cong said, "Master Su didn't think about dealing with them until yesterday."

The three of them thought about each other and walked back to Yang's house all the way.Yang Erbo led them to sit on the bamboo chairs in the courtyard, and asked how his two nephews were doing.The old man often goes to Taiwan for a walk, and Yang Song often sees him; Yang Heng is a pirate, and he hasn't seen him for a long time.Jia Cong then told him the battle report from North America.Yang Erbo said happily: "Erniu's contribution is enormous?"

"It's not just huge!" Jia Cong laughed, "It's at the level of a hero. He was the one who built the navy."

"What about Ann? How about in that Malay country?"

Jia Cong patted his thigh and said, "Yang An of your family doesn't look like Second Brother Yang's son! On the contrary, he looks more like Brother Yang raised him. Now he is a high-ranking official."

Yang Erbo's eyes lit up: "How old is it?"

Jia Cong thought for a while: "The magistrate and general."

"Oh, my An'er is promising!" Yang Erbo danced with joy and shouted, "Tonight kills a pig!"

Jia Cong happily accompanied the old man for a while, then turned the topic to Changfeng Tower, and asked, "Will there be any mechanism in that building? It's similar to the copper grid array in Chongxiao Tower."

Uncle Yang took out his pipe, lit it, and said, "How could it not? Otherwise, why would they demolish the earliest restaurant and build a new one?"

"That's true. What kind of traps, mezzanines, eavesdropping copper pipes and peeping mirrors are absolutely indispensable." Jia Cong held his cheek and said, "Let's think about it... If we didn't go there yesterday, those fighting green forest people would Won't you give Senior Brother Su a break?"

Chen Ruijin glanced at him: "Is that okay? The capital immediately dispatched troops to flatten the Changfeng Building. Besides, with the skill of the one who was silenced yesterday, it is easy to take advantage of the chaos to attack an arrow sleeve. Your senior brother Big Jabala is standing at the door, and there are no effective guards around him. If he is so thoughtful, he will be dead before we can pass by."

"That's right, since he is so skilled in martial arts, isn't he responsible for booing?"

Uncle Yang couldn't help asking, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, sir. Can you help us think about it?" Jia Cong hastily recounted what happened yesterday in detail.

Upon hearing this, Uncle Yang said, "Arranging a man with high martial arts skills to fight in a group, but he didn't show his skills, and even pretended to be injured, is obviously for the purpose of playing tricks and keeping people from knowing. It is probably not Mr. Su who wants to kill. And that person must be Martial arts are not bad, and ordinary fists and embroidered legs may not be able to kill him."

Chen Ruijin hurriedly asked, "Does Master Su have any useful bodyguards?"

Jia Cong said: "No. Aren't there just a few incompetent yamen servants around him? They are all so weak that they can kill a chicken at most."

"This is weird." Chen Ruijin thought, "What Uncle Yang said is very true. The person who made a fuss was trying to attract a group of fighters to fight with Master Su, and the target was probably in Master Su's camp. That old beard with mediocre martial arts, killing Without that person, there was such a fuss."

Jia Cong spread his hands: "The escorts sent by the Taiping Escort are all following Mr. Su, and there is no one else to guard the senior brother." He suddenly had another thought, "Since Changfeng Building specializes in the business of various green forests, could this be the case? One? I mean, that dwarf and Mr. Lu didn't mean to break up, they went to the magistrate's office to fight in groups just to put on a show, so as to create opportunities for the person who made a fuss."

Chen Ruijin said: "I'm afraid there are other people in the magistrate's yamen." She thought about it again, "I didn't see who has that ability yesterday?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "You can't judge by appearance. There are many high-level people in the world, and Jiangxi has been the capital of green forests for so many years... Alas, the magistrate's yamen is easy to hide the green forest high-level people with interesting hearts."

Seeing his eyeballs rolling, Chen Ruijin said with a smile, "What the hell idea did you come up with?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't forget, my brother is the magistrate sent by the imperial court, and he is an upright and capable official. Since those two came to the Yamen to break up the gang lawsuit in person yesterday, how could the magistrate not do anything? Can you be regarded as an honest and capable official?" He stood up and bowed to Uncle Yang, "Uncle Yang, do you have any nephews in your family that are useful?"

Yang Erbo looked at him: "What do you want to do?"

Jia Cong said: "I think Changfeng Tower's business is good, and I want to snatch it for myself. It's just that there must be some green forest people who can do it, otherwise how can I snatch it?"

Uncle Yang gave him a sideways glance: "It's easy to think about. It's been many years since everyone has been discussing business in Changfeng Building, and they've long been used to it."

"Habits can be changed~~ It only takes four months to change a habit." Jia Cong waved his hand, "Open a restaurant opposite Changfeng Building~~"

Yang Erbo said: "The guests don't go in."

"Don't worry, Er Bo." Jia Cong smiled like a beckoning cat, "Even if you don't go in at first, you will definitely go in later. Just tell me if there is anyone."

Uncle Yang thought for a while, and said: "There are people. Can you really grab the business of Changfeng Tower?"

"Yes~~" Jia Cong snapped his fingers, and Chen Ruijin looked at him and smiled slightly.The couple asked Uncle Yang about the green forest for half a day, and then they left and went back to the Su residence.

When I came back and asked, the old beard really stiffened up and didn't say anything.Su Tao was about to be tortured to serve him, but Jia Cong came back and stopped him.But he chose a quiet room to lock this person in, and no one was allowed to talk to him.

In the afternoon of this day, Su Tao asked all the yamen servants to come forward and ordered everyone to open their voices and shout a few times.A yamen servant asked, "Master, what are you calling?"

Jia Cong stood behind Su Tao, and when he heard the words, he stood up and said, "I shouted: Take a look~~ The fragrant and sweet Shandong big apple~~ It doesn't cost money if it's not fragrant or sweet~~"

The yamen servants were puzzled and looked at Su Tao.Su Tao coughed, "Just shout like that."

All the yamen servants shouted one by one, as if starting a small business in the magistrate's yamen.After listening to it again, Jia Cong pointed to a yamen servant with a loud and clear voice, "Let him alone."

Su Tao nodded, and called this person to his side, giving him such and such orders.Finally, he asked, "Can you do it?"

The yamen servants had already seen what Jia Cong and others are capable of yesterday, and heard that the Elder Master seized the entire Zhuzi Street’s Xie’s business yesterday. They just assumed that the Nanchang Mansion was about to change its dynasty, and it would definitely be beneficial to follow Mr. Su.Then he patted his chest and said loudly: "My lord, don't worry, the villain will definitely shout so loudly that even the roof of their restaurant can be heard!"

Su Tao nodded, and then ordered him to take the lead to take a few yamen servants up and down the Shengjin Pagoda, and four soldiers from the special battalion of the Taiwan government went with him.A group of people went straight into Changfeng Building, and the leading yamen servant opened his voice and shouted loudly: "The guests in this restaurant are all gone-the two owners of Changfeng Building are in a lawsuit, and they have already filed a complaint at the magistrate's yamen yesterday- ——The two bosses want to break up the partnership, and now the accounts are not clear. The magistrate is ordered to temporarily close the Changfeng Building——When the accounts are checked and the lawsuit between the two bosses is over, who should get the restaurant and who should get the restaurant? Who gets the silver who gets the silver—it’s all scattered—there’s no business these days—”

"Boom—" There was a commotion in the restaurant.That Lu Dong's family hurried out, greeted the yamen servants and saluted again and again: "Everyone, the accounts of our restaurant are clear, and I have prepared the paperwork, and I will present it to the master tomorrow. There is no need to close the old man's restaurant." .”

The yamen servant raised his voice and said: "This is not something we can decide. Anyway, we only listen to the master's order, and he has to seal it if he wants to. Didn't Lu Dong's family come here to file a lawsuit in person yesterday?"

Lu Dong's family stumbled: "It's true that the little old man went to sue, but..."

The yamen servant interrupted: "But here again - you came to sue yourself, didn't you? Now our lord is serious about investigating the case, why do you waste so many words? You go to other places to find out, which lord beat you?" Wait for the lawsuit over the property to seal the property first? What if you are afraid of being wronged and take advantage of these few days to change the accounts and steal the money from the partners?" Nai shouted, "Sealed!"

A few yamen servants behind him immediately moved their hands, rolling up their sleeves and pasting the seals.The yamen servant's voice was really loud, and all the guest officials in the building heard it.In theory, the master really didn't do it.Since you want to seize the property and file a lawsuit, don't you have to seal it first?Besides, the floor is full of discussions at the moment: Master Su sent a group of people yesterday, carrying muskets and guns, and the leader was a woman with strong martial arts skills, who sealed off 42 shops of Xie's family, and now he saw with his own eyes that four mistresses were erected downstairs. A man as cold as frost, holding a gun.As the saying goes, if the people don't follow the government, is it worth fighting against the magistrate at this moment?Ever since, all the guests in the building left with a clatter.The old man Lu knew that this matter was definitely not as high-sounding as the yamen servants said.After a while, all the guests left.The Yamen servants then aggressively sealed Changfeng Tower.These yamen servants were like sick cats yesterday, but now they are quite a bit like wolves and tigers.